Friday 1/7 – Thursday 1/13
There’s no time like the present, according to organizers of City2000, a photography project documenting Chicago throughout the new year. They’re hosting their first public exhibition tonight, only seven days into 2000. A free reception, featuring the work of numerous local photographers, runs from 6 to 9 at 312 N. May; call 312-455-8585 for details. The exhibit will also be on display Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 5.
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The Guild Complex’s ninth Musicality of Poetry Series kicks off tonight with a performance by the local pan-Asian spoken-word group I Was Born With Two Tongues. The four-person ensemble, which last fall released its first CD, Broken Speak, will perform with bassist Darius Savage and percussionist Jay Monteverde. It starts at 7:30 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division. Tickets are $7, $5 for students and seniors. Call 773-296-1268, ext. 26.
9 SUNDAY Daniel Barenboim made his professional debut at a piano recital in Buenos Aires back in 1950, when he was seven. For the past six years, he’s tickled the ivories around the world with celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma. For their fourth Chicago collaboration the pair will perform cello sonatas by Beethoven. It’s at 3 at Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan. Tickets are $35 to $70. Call 312-294-3000.
13 THURSDAY Steppenwolf ensemble member Austin Pendleton based his new play Orson’s Shadow on a real-life 1960 meeting between the reclusive Orson Welles and theater critic Kenneth Tynan to discuss a production of Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros. Previews start tonight at 8 (it opens on Sunday and runs through February 6) at the Garage at Steppenwolf, 1626 N. Halsted. Tickets are $10. Call 312-335-1650.
